Since this is technically not a ranking, I've made this list alphabetical. These albums are all ones I am considering for Top 50 of the year and are worth your time.

1.Aboleth - Benthos

2.Aborted - TerrorVision

3.Æpoch - Awakening Inception

4.Agrimonia - Awaken

5.Alghazanth - Eight Coffin Nails

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1.MaYaN - Dhyana

2.Ghost Ship Octavius - Delirium

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4.Metal Allegiance - Volume II: Power Drunk Majesty

5.Slash - Living The Dream

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1.Elvellon - Until Dawn

2.Sulphur Aeon - The Scythe Of Cosmic Chaos

3.Barren Earth - A Complex Of Cages

4.Rivers Of Nihil - Where Owls Know My Name

5.Seventh Wonder - Tiara

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1.Band-Maid - World Domination

2.Frozen Crown - The Fallen King

3.Judas Priest - Firepower

4.Thrawsunblat - Great Brunswick Forest

5.Parius - The Eldritch Realm

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No stars - Don't know yet
✮✮✮✮✮ - Incredible, possibly Album Of The Year
✮✮✮✮½ - Awesome
✮✮✮✮ - Solid release
✮✮✮½ - Good release
✮✮✮ - Not bad
✮✮½ - Shuffle material (probably boring as an album)
✮✮…

1.Barren Earth - A Complex Of Cages

2.Amorphis - Queen Of Time

3.Tribulation - Down Below

4.Slugdge - Esoteric Malacology

5.Madder Mortem - Marrow

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1.Night Verses - From The Gallery Of Sleep

2.Amorphis - Queen Of Time

3.Rivers Of Nihil - Where Owls Know My Name

4.Oceans Of Slumber - The Banished Heart

5.Architects - Holy Hell

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My personal favorite anticipated studio albums of 2018…

1.Primordial - Exile Amongst The Ruins

2.Shylmagoghnar - Transience

3.Wolfheart - Constellation Of The Black Light

4.Metal Allegiance - Volume II: Power Drunk Majesty

5.Harakiri For The Sky - Arson

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